The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
The De Lacs Country.

The town of Minot, ont In Dakota, at the
second crossing OF the blouse River and. for
the present, the terminus of the ST. Paul,
Minneapolis d Manitoba Railroad, Is the
latest northwestern aspirant to greatness. 1t
certainly has an excellent situation and, If
iine country will make Il good town, its
future prosperity is assured-for the upper
Mouse and DE Laos River country Is as at
tractive TO the settler as any III the country.
The De Laos River joins the Mouse eight
miles above Minot, having its source in
lake thirty miles long, the head of which is
one and one-half miles south of the bound
AIRY. The Coteaux come sheer mp to the lake
on the south side. and are heavily timbered
III places. On the north side is a fine coun-
try, we'll adapted for settlement, now occu-
pied only by few settlers from over the line
IN Canada. Then come two smaller lakes,
and below these for fifty miles is fine, rich
plain, twenty or thirty miles wide, through
the center of which the river runs. Coal is
found all over the country. 1t crops out in
every hillside on the river. This country is
the favorite range for white and black tailed
deer and antelope, and many hunters have
mad great sport hunting them this fall, two
bagging twenty-five black-tailed deer in ten
days. Throughout its course the river is
heavily timbered. and its lateral feeders are
well supplied.
Except where an occasional! rancher has
set his stakes, the whole country is public
land and it surely offers some fine opportun-
tiles for the homeless in the states to provide
themselves with fine farms, only at the
expense of coming and settling on them.
The finest opportunities now offer themselves
to secure the best locations. Only last week
n claim was taken adjoining the town of
Mnot, and public land is plainly in view
across the river, only one mile away. The
land in the Mouse River Valley. along the
timber, has to some extent been taken by
settlers who came in from Bismarck three
years ago.
Attention is chiefly directed to stock rails
iDg, each rancher having from twenty-five 10
one hundred head of cattle. though many
fields are in cultivation and produce well
The soil in the valley is rich, but that on the
surrounding prairie level is of the finer quail
ity The "od residents claim that the
climate of the valley is milder than any part
Of the territory, and their claim would seem
to loo substentiated by the many varieties of
wild fruits growing IN the forest and the fact
that wild grape-vines are growing on nearly
every tree. Eauchmen claim that, on account
of tls exceptional mildness, they can winter
grown cattle with an outlay OF but one ton
ot hay per head.
The "chinoo!," winds. during winter. blow
froiu the southwest down the Yellowstone
valley. pass oYer tue low divide at Fort
Bui0rd and, reaching the De Laos valley,
change their direction to the southeast,
reaching the Mouse River valley az a warm
northwest wind. They sometimes last for
week at a time. eqt the snow of in few
hOurs, and often raise the water in the rivers
tao feet. Not the least of the resources of
thu country lie in the coal mines which
MAKE outcrops il nearly every hill anu
raviGe. mine under process of develop.
meat, six miles from Minot, shows up vein
seven feet in thickness and of the best quail
~ OF ignite, burning easily and rapidly. and
used Ter all heating purposes. The coal sells
for fl.25 per ton at the mine, and is in com
mon u.s. in Minot and throughout the sur
rounding country PaW Pioneer Press.
Our beautiful new school house. which We
butt last summer out of the old one at an
expense OF $4,000, is already subject 10 re-
pair The second floor of the old part
dropped six inches In the center one day this
week, and had to be propped up. The plas-
tering is cracked clear across the room in
sill another place, and more props will soon
L.. called for. lax Davers who ghnt their